A Summary Of 15th-Century Witchcraft Beliefs By Pope Innocent VIII

Pope Innocent VIII (r. 1484-1492) was Pope of the Roman Catholic Church when Jacob (or James) Sprenger and Heinrich (or Henry) Kramer began formulating...

(Video) The Absolute Cheesiest Tale About Charlemagne

In this narrated video essay, we present the absolute cheesiest tale about Charlemagne (r. 768-814) that was recorded by the medieval monk and historian,...

Søren Kierkegaard

Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) "The sectarians deafen one another with their noise and clamor, keep anxiety away with their screeching." From Soren Kierkegaard’s Fear and Trembling...

The Judgment of Paris, Attributed to Antonio da Vendri (c. 16th century)

This painting, attributed to the Italian artist Antonio da Vendri (16th century), draws inspiration from the ancient Greek mythological tale of the Judgment of...

Lucian’s Satirical Myth Of The First Fly, Muia

Lucian of Samosata (c. 120-180+), a satirist from the Roman Empire, endeavored to overly and grandiosely praise the qualities of the common fly in...

Thucydides

Thucydides (c. 460-400 BCE) "In all relations with one's neighbours freedom is the result of being able to hold one's own, and as for these...

Let’s Draw History (Poorly): The Battle of Verdun (WWI)

At the onset of the war, Germany had pressed quickly through Belgium into France, but became bogged down well shy of Paris, and the...

Sima Qian

Sima Qian (c. 145-90 BCE) "Men who stick fast to their doctrines and observe every minute principle of duty, though it means spending all their...

The Murderous Kings Of the Grove Who Oversaw The Temple Of Diana At Aricias

  In the ancient world, a person traveling southeast from Rome along the Appian Way toward Aricias would eventually see a rectangular temple of the...
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